Ascending aortic distensibility was shown by aortic pressure-strain elastic modulus(Ep) and stiffness index beta(β).

Correlation of aortic elasticity with the severity degree of coronary atheroscerosis and its significance for evaluating risk stratification outcomes in patients with essension hypertension receiving percutaneous coronary intervention

Methods Five patients with anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta were treated with surgical repair from March 1993 to August 2001 Four cases were right pulmonary artery from ascending aorta(RPA-AAO) and patent ductus arterious.

Material and Methods: The overloaded heart failure models of Wistar rat with ascending aorta banding were made and to prepare the isolated cardiac myocytes and the samples of SEM of cytoskeleton with Triton x 100 were prepared.

Although EVR is one of the most important methods to treat aortic aneurysm and dissection, up to now, it is not an available method to reconstruct the aortic arch to cure the affections in ascending aorta and aortic arch.

Scanning electron microscope observation of rat ascending aortic aneurysms induced by ascending aorta banding;